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UNDOCUMENTED TO DETECTIVE

Clip: 3/17/2018 | 8m 10sVideo has Closed Captions

When Luke Waters was in his 20s, he traveled from Ireland to the U.S.

When Luke Waters was in his 20s, he traveled from Ireland to the U.S. and remained in the country after his visa expired. He worked as a bartender before joining the NYPD where he would spend two decades rising up the ranks to become a leading homicide detective. Now retired, Waters joins us to talk about his career and experience as an undocumented Irish immigrant in his new book.

03/17/2018

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